Oracle and Apple on Friday announced a new partnership that will bring the Java SE 7 and future versions of Java for Mac OS X to users directly from Oracle. With the OpenJDK project for Mac OS X, ...

Oracle has released its first versions of the Java Development Kit and JavaFX software development kit for the Mac OS X operating system. JavaFX 2.1 came out on Thursday, along with Java Platform, ...

When developers noticed Apple was deprecating Java on OS X, there was quite a mess on the internet. Today, Apple announced that is joining Oracle to bring the OpenJDK project on the Mac in order to ...

A joint press release from Oracle and Apple on Friday cleared up the angst over the future role of Java on Mac OS. The OpenJDK project will handle the release and Apple will do the heavy lifting on ...

May switch default Java version We previously reported that, per Apple's documentation, Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1 (which installs Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_05) does not replace the existing ...

Apple posts software fix for Java issues Since the release of Mac OS X 10.3.9, we've been covering significant issues with Java -- both in Safari and in Java applications -- caused by the update.

VMGEAR today announced that its Java technology-based language profiling tool, Optimizeit Profiler 4.0, will be made available for Mac OS X. It’s being demonstrated for the first time this week during ...

JAVA_HOME is an operating system (OS) environment variable which can optionally be set after either the Java Development Kit (JDK) or the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is installed. The JAVA_HOME ...